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Full Square of BusinessHouses Just Outside "Loop"

Prey of Flames.

25,000 LEFT JOBLESS;ONE FIREMAN IS KILLED

Sparks Set Dozen New Fires.ManHeld as Incendiary.Six mil¬lions in Bnrned Bank Vaults.

Bj the Associated Press.CHICAGO. March 15..A spectacular

early morning flre today destroyed a

full square of business buildings Just^ outside Chicago's "loop," or down¬

town. district, with a loss estimate^at from $10,000,000 to J15.000.000.The fire, of unknown origin, started

in the center of the block bounded byVan Buren, Canal and Clinton streetsand West Jackson boulevard, burned

i every structure In that area, leapednorth across Jackson and wrecked thetwenty-one-story Chicago, Burlingtonand Quincy railroad's general officebuilding, which also houses the Mer-1Cantlle Trust and Savings Bank. and.tinder burden of a strong wind, dippedover Van Buren street southward andburned nearly through to Harrisonstreet.

Fighting Dozen Fires at Oner.The fire was not brought under

control until nearly 5 o'clock, andeven then firemen were fighting adozen different fires and others brokeout intermittently as the wind waft¬ed sparks about.One fireman was killed, another

seriously injured, ten or more slight¬ly hurr and an unknown number ofthe hundred thousand spectators whothronged the burning district slight¬ly hurt by failing bricks, burning.timbers or sparks'.

The fire for a tjme threatened to¦assume virtually unlimited propor-1tions and every piece of fire-fightingapparatus within five miles wascalled out in a series of ten alarms.

^Spread With Great Speed.

"The rapidity with which tne flrespread was astounding," MarshallBuckley, assistant fire chief, said."The flre actually seemed to run

"from us."That the original blaze from which

_the conflagration grew possible was

i of incendiary origin was the state-1ir.ent of Shirley P. High, city flr.fr at«Jtorney, who early today announcedthe arrest of an unnamed man oil In¬formation supplied by H. T. Schiff,president of the Confectionery Spe¬cialty Company, at 521 West Jacksonboulevard, where the flre started.Mr. High refused to divulge the

name of the man arrested, but saidthat he was being questioned regard¬ing threatening letters Mr. Schiff saidthe man. a former employe, had sentto him. Mr. Schiff toid Mr. High theman was discharged when he becameIncensed over refusal to permit himto purchase stock in the company,and within the past two months hadmade a series of threats. Mr. Schiffplaced his personal loss at $56,000.

Places Loss Xear 913,000,000.Mr. High summoned severs! of his

aides while the fire was at its heightand said an investigation would bebegun immediately. He placed thetotal loss at from $10,000,000 to $15.-000.000.Traversing the main burned area,

the Metropolitan West Side Elevated |line today was seriously handicapped'In delivering its thousands of patronsto the downtown district, as was theAurora and Elgin Electric Interurban

* line, which also used the four-trackstructure which was caught in themidst of the flre.The huge Burlington offlce building,

called a fireproof structure, held- theflre from spreading westward, whileprogress of the flames toward thesouth was ended by the access the

. firemen had to the smaller buildings..to six stories.which begin south otVan Buren street.A vacant lot, the site of the n?w

Union depot, kept the fire fromspreading northward. The Chicagoriver runs a block east of the burneddistrict, but would have afforded butlittle protection had the wind veeredthe sweep of the flames toward themain business section.Heat Drives Away Police Guard.Heat from the burning buildings

across the street cracked out the win¬dows of the Mercantile Trust andSavings Bank before the Burlingtonbuilding itself was afire. A heavy po¬lice guard was thrown about thebank, but was driven away .quicklywhen the building caught flre".Cash and securities valued at ap-j

proximately $6,000,000 are said to beIn the bank's vaults, and it may beseveral days before they can be ex¬amined.The Burlington building caught flro

at about the eighth story and burnedup and down. No stream of water¦was powerful enough to fight the flreIn the upper stories.Elevated Supports at White Heat.So fntense was the heat in the

burning district that the steel sup¬ports of the elevated structure couldoe seen at white heatDespite the' calling out of extra

policemen, automobiles of spectators iquickly jammed'the streets about the!burning district. The flames, leapinghign and puffed by the gusts of wind, jwere visible for more than twenty'miles.The Van Buren street tunnel of the jChicago surface lines, under the Chi- j

cago rive*, debouches Just at tneburned area, and for hours a streamof water poured into it until the tun¬nel was filled to street level.The union depot mail terminal was

rot reached by the flames, but postalemployes hurriedly removed all mall¦when It appeared that the flre districtcould not be restricted.

Cash la Vault Safe.The Mercantile Trust and SavingsBank later announced that the cash

and securities In its vaults were am¬ply protected by heavy steel, cementand asbestos walls and that they were<iu!te safe. Arrangements were madeto have another bank take care of itsbusiness until i^ew quarters could beObtained.The new Burlington building with¬

stood a heat so terrific that the flreescape on the side facing the flamesacross the street became red hot andbent of its own weirht.It was estimated that more ttan

35,000 persons were made JoblessfBnugh tfa* Or*, |

RAIL MERGER BY TAXBILL AUTHORIZED BYSENATE COMMITTEE

The Senate District committeethis afternoon authoriied Chair¬man Ball to introduce and reportfavorably from the committee a

new bill authorizing the merger ofthe street railways of the Dis¬trict and providing for a new sys¬tem of taxation for the streetcar companies, in accordance withthe suggestions of the DistrictCommissioners.As soon as the bill has been

prepared Senator Ball will intro¬duce it and report It.The new bill will contain the pro¬

visions of the bill authorizing thestreet railway merger, which Is al¬ready on the Senate calendar andin addition to those provisions willdo away with the present tax andsubstitute for it a tax of SO per centon ntt incomes In excess of 6 per centand not in excess of 7 per cent anda tax of "5 per cent on net in¬comes in excess of 7 per cent.

DISTRlCTGETSGIFTThe police war on bootless*", au¬

tomobile speeders and other violatorsof law will be made pore effective bythe receipt of eighteen motor cyclerfrom the federal government.Commissioner Oyster was notified

today by the chief co-ordinator ofsupplies for Uncle Sam that the PostOffice Department has agreed to turnover to the local police departmentits surplus of motor cycle equipment.These additional machines, repre-1

senting in value more than $5,000, willbe available as soon as the city of-ficials send to Toledo a bill of ladingfor their shipment.Both Commissioner Oyster and MaJ.

Sullivan wero elated today when thesetidings were received. Maj. Sullivanpointed out1 that eighteen more ma¬chines will practically double thepresent motor cycle squad/ consistingof twenty-four men.With the steady development of

high-powered automobiles, it has be-come almost impossible for the bi¬cycle police to apprehend speeders andwhisky runners. Thus the big t*®1*has devolved principally upon themotor cycle squad.

Present Inadequacy.When twenty-four motor c.vcl*s are

divided among eleven precincts andallowance is made for men on leave,

the inadequacy of the present num¬

ber becomes apparent. The generousOffer of the postal authorities willmake possible the detailing of two

more motor cycles to the precinctshaving large suburban territories, and

at least one to each precinct.Commissioner Oyster believes thenew motor cycles will glv# the de¬partment a big advantage In copingwtth high-powered automobiles usedby bootleggers.The ninth precinct famishes an ex¬

ample of the handicap under whiclithe police And themselves In attempt¬ing to prevent smuggling liqJ-Jr into,the District. That preclnet covers

practically the entire northeastboundary of the city, with manyroads leading in from Maryland.

Too Many Road# «o Gaard.

AC «he present time when the offi¬cers have reason to suspect that a

whisky runner is headed this way

from Maryland they cannot possiblywatch all of the east-end approachesto the city afld must rely largely on

< hance to cover the right roads. Withmore motor cycle equipment this,handicap will be removed to a con¬

siderable extent.The Commissioners are extremely

grateful to the federal governmentfor the spirit of co-operation shownrecently in giving the municipalitybadly needed equipment* left over

from the war period.The off'-r of eighteen motor cycles

without cost Is the second valuablecontribution the government hasmade to the protection of life andproperly In Washington. A few weeksago the War Department agreed toturn over to the Are, department a

varied assortment of equipment, frommotor apparatus to small flre-flghtingImplements.

PROBE OF DIVORCE CASESHALTED UNTIL SATURDAY

ALEXANDRIA. Va.. March 15..Hearing of arguments, scheduled fortoday, was postponed until Saturdaymorning at 10 o'clock by the specialcommittee of seven of the AlexandriaBar Association engaged in probingthe divorce situation here. The post¬ponement was made owing to the In¬ability of Attorney John a Barbourof Fairfax county, representing JudgeMoncure, to be here, he being ill.The committee, on motion of Attor-,

ney J Randail Caton, a member ofthe committee, adopted a resolutionthat Judge Moncure be requested toforego his purpose of presenting tothe grand jury, selected and sum¬moned for Friday, March 17, all mat¬ters pertaining to the divorce situa¬tion now being Investigated by thecommittee, until a report of thiscommittee has been filed.The Jury, however, will meet and In¬

vestigate the criminal cases, andJudge Moncure probably will havethem begin a probe of the divorcesituation early next week.Just after the committee adjourned,

court convened and Judge Moncurecalled A. Cloyd Gill, a Washingtonnewspaper man, and directed SergtCox to have Mr. Gill give a bond Inthe sum of $600 to appear before thegrand jury to testify as to what heknew about divorce conditions here.Mr. Gill a short time afterward hadAttorney Gardner L. Boothe, who Isa member of the probe committee,go on his bond.The court took this action because

of the fact that Mr. Gill is a non¬resident of the state of Virginia, hishome being In Washington. Thecourt is anxious that he appear be¬fore the grand Jury.

U. S. TO SET FORTHWAR CLAIM VIEWSIN ALLIED CAPITALS

Ambassadors' in London,Paris and Rome to Explain

Unyielding Demand.

WILL MEET ARGUMENTSFRIENDLY, BUT FIRMLY

Demand Not to Be Pressed WhenOnce Recognized, Views in Of¬

ficial Quarters Here.BY EDWARD FIUCE DELL.

By Cable to The Star and Chirago Dolly Newa.Copyright. 1922.

LONDON. March IB..The viewpoint<^f the United States touching itsclaim of a share of the moneys duefrom Germany for the maintenanceof the armies of occupation on theRhine will be represented in identicalterms by the American ambassadorsIn London. Paris and Rome. Ambas¬sador Harvey will see Lord CursonThursday, provided the British for¬eign minister is not too ill to attendto public buslnesp.

Admits of So Qacstloa.The American claim will be set forth

as admitting of no question In law orin morals. Unless unexpected oppositionIs encountered the American ambassa¬dor will go no further than to citethe facts of the situation. If argumentsagainst the American claims are ad¬duced they will be met In a friendlybut unyielding spirit. The case of theUnited States rests upon a "legaltripod."First, reimbursement for American

outlays on the Rhine, as well as forthose of Britain and France, wasguaranteed In the terms of the armi¬stice; second, these terms were re¬affirmed In the treaty of Versailles as"armistice Articles still In force";third, the separate treaty of theUnited States with Germany commitsGermany explicitly to recognition ofall American rights under the armi¬stice and the treaty of Versailles.

Rearard Cane an Strong.These are the fundamehtals of the

American Ifgal case. America's am¬

bassadors deem them invincible.Morally they regard the case as jequally strong. While the American !

people were eager for the return ofAmerican troops, the governmentyielded to the appeals of the alliesthat the American Army remain onthe Rhine as evidence of the solidarityof ttaa pewers that won the war.Certain cynicalVnd politically un¬

intelligent' persotfl in London ar*lcounseling the Brltiah government totake an offensive attitude on theAmerican claim. It Is impossible t6believe that this advice will have anyweight in Downing street, because thedullest man in the ministry couldhardly fall to appreciate the perilwith which It is fraught.

RECOGNITION ATONE SOUGHT,

U. S. Not Disposed to Press Claimat Present.

Br the Associated Press.Recognition by other interested

governments of Uie rights of theUnited States in connection with dis¬tribution of German reparations was

all that was sought at this time inthe recent demand upon the alliedfinance ministers for payment of$241,000,000 expenses of the Americanarmy of occupation. It was statedtoday by a high administrationofficial.Having "established its case," It

was said, the United States will notpress further now Its demands forpayment of the bill.

Note Serves Notice.

Presentation of the demand lastweek before the allied finance min¬isters »is regarded by this govern¬ment as serving notice that its rightsmust be respected, it was said, andrecognition of that attitude by thegovernment was all that was desired,There has been no protest from re¬

sponsible quarters against the UnitedStates obtaining equal rights withthe allied governments through Oper¬ation of the separate treaty of peacewith Germany, it was explained, andthe matter of payment for the Amer¬ican forces in the Rhineland will beallowed to take its due course.

AID OF LABOR PLEDGED.Will Assist legion in Belief of

Unemployed Veterans.By the Associated Press.INDIANAPOLIS. March 15..Samuel

Gompers today Informed the nationalheadquarters of the American Legionthat organized labor would give everyencouragement to the legiop cam¬

paign to relieve unempioymfnt amongveterans of the world war. The cam¬paign ends next Monday."This is a most worthy object,"

wrote Mr. Gompers, referring to thelegion's campaign. "You know, how¬ever, that the membership of theAmerican Federation of Labor Is com¬posed of wage earners only. Whileour membership cannot give employ¬ment to the unemployed members ofthe American Legion there Is nodoubt that every encouragement willbe given to bring about the desiredresults.' Thousands of members ofthe American Legion are also mem¬bers of the trade unions and thesympathy of the wage earners willgo out to those who did so'much fornot only our own country but for theentire world."

BUDGET BUREAU OFFICIAL URGES$3,000,000 FOR WATER SUPPLY

Former Senator Sherman of Illi¬nois. who worked with the budgetbureau on the estimates (or theDistrict of Columbia for the fiscalyear 1923. who was at the Capitoltoday, expressed a hope that theconferees on the District appro¬priation bill would approve theSenate amendments for an in¬crease in the water supply. Sen¬ator Sherman pointed out that theappropriation for an Increasedwater supply was Imperative."There may be some ground for

differences as to the appropria¬tion* for street*" said SenatorSherman. can. live with

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muddy streets if necessary, butthe city piust be provided with anadequate supply of water, and itIs absolutely necessary that )S,-000,000 should be made availablefor this purpose, to be used dur¬ing the next year or two."Senator Sherman said also that

he hoped the conferees wouldagree to the Senate amendmentauthorizing the erection of ahome for feeble-minded personsin the District. At present, hapointed out, there is no properinstitution here for caring for thefeeble-minded. He said it was noteconomy to out such items fromthe bill.

LOOKS LiK

RENEW ATTEMPTSTO AMEND TREATY!I

New Proposal Provides forCatling In Other Nationsfor "Consideration."

For thr third (imp the Senate dr-tented today an effort to amendthe four-power treaty to permitparticipation of outitide nation* InInternational conferences over con¬

troversies! arising In the Pacific.Aa amendment tor that purpose

by Senator I'ittmun. democrat,Nevada* similar to two on thesame subject rejected yesterday,was defeated. 50 to 27.The treaty opponents indicated,

however, that they would bringthe proposal forward again laterIn the form of a reservation in thehope that they might secure thraupport of 9 number of senator* !who object fo all amendments aaa mailer of principle. i

The attempt to ai7ir>nd the four- ipower treaty so that outside nations;Would be called into consultation re- jgarding Pacific controversies w»s re-newed in the Senate today despite the!defeat yesterday of two amendmntsjfor that purpose.A new amendment, more limited in

scope than those already rejected. 1was presented by Senator Pittman,democrat. Nevada. It provided that jin any future controversy outside na-

'

lions having interests in the Pacificwould lie called into conference "forconsideration" of the subject. In thetwo previous proposals the words"for consideration and adjustment"ware used and the participating pow- iors were not limited to those hav-ins interests in the Pacific.The practical effect of the amendment.!

Senator Pittman said, would be io con-fine the group of nationas affected to iRussia, China, the Netherlands and Por- jtugal. He explained that he offered it ibecause of objections that yesterday's!proposals were so broad as to virtually |bring the whole world uader the scopeof the treaty. !

Should such a change be made, theNevada senator argued, it might bemade by a textural amendment of the!treaty and not by reservation, assome have suggested. It was Indi¬cated, however, that should allamendments be defeated, the proposi¬tion would be brought forward laterin the form of a compromise reserva¬tion with the hope of gaining thesupport of some of those who do not jfavor actual amendment of the pact.A "propaganda" favoring unquali¬

fied ratification of the four-power!treaty was charged by Senator Pitt-man, who said that those responsibleapparently were well meaning, butdid not know what the pact actuallycontained."Great church bodies," he said,

"represented by executive committeescomposed of perhaps a dozen menand claiming to represent hundredsof thousands of people are signingpetitions for ratification of this treatyas it is."How many of those hundreds of

thousands have read the treaty? Howmany of those Christian people do youthink would ask for ratification ifthey knew that it contained no pro¬vision for consultation except be¬tween four powers?"

Opposed by Underwood.Senator Underwood of Alabama, the

democratic leader, opposed the amend¬ment, although he said he was not

inclined to disagree with It "In prin¬ciple." To amend the treaty, he said,would be to reopen the fieM of nego¬tiation and "might destroy the treaty."He pointed out that other govern¬ments refused to recognize the Rus¬sian government."While the United States might enter

into a contract with a government we

don't recognize," said Senator Under¬wood. "I doubt if other nations would,and that would mean delay for thetreaty. It may destroy it. The amend¬ment is not of sufficient value to takethe chancer."That the signatories had exchanged

notes giving to Netherlands the benefitof the treaty was pointed out by SenatorUnderwood. The Netherlands, he said,did not ask to be a party to the treatyand did not request participation uniilafter the treaty was signed.

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Todays News In BriefCommittee depicts needs of orphansin near east and appeals for funds.

Page 2Alabama Power Company accused byRepresentative Oliver. Page 3

Seek possible May day plot in radi¬cal's death by bomb. Page 1

Negro pours kerosene on woman andlights it. Page 3

Fosdick, former league official, sup¬ports four-powfr pact. Page 3

Woman civil service employes seeequal rights in reclassification.

Page 17Publicity assooiatlon to boost capita!urged by W. B. Calloway, B. & O.passenger expert. Page IT

norm death toll Is placed at 24.Page IS

Commissioners oppose salary lncreasofor District teachers; Page 23 <

DOLLAR MARK LURINGWIVES TO STEER THEIR

HUSBANDS INTO JAIL"1By th<» Associated Press.NEW YORK. March 15.."Greed

for diamonds and furs is the curseof the times," Judge Louis D. Glbbsof the Bronx county court declaredtoday in suspending sentence onSaul Zukor. millinery dealer, whopleaded guilty to receiving stolengoods."Modern women, yes, a great

majority of them," he said, "areusing the dollar mark to steertheir husbands into jail. Jusl aslong as the men of the familybring home the money no questionsare asked. The trouble with theman of today is that he is tooeager to make money-to supply hiswife or daughter with diamondsand furs. He is bound to get itsomehow.honestfy or by criminalmethods."Judge <iibbs* condemnation of

modern tendencies was deliveredafter Mrs. Zukor, the prisoner'swife, had been called to the stand.Attired in an expensive fur coatand her fingers covered with rings,she indignantly' denied that shehad knowledge of her fcuiband'nf-rime. though admitting th&t*had charge of her husband's store.Judge Glbbs accused her of beingin league with her husband, andordered her from the courtroom.He explained that sentence Massuspended because the prisonerhad four small children to support.

Col. Keller Says Little Could jBe Accomplished Due

to Litigation.There Is little that a separate public

utilities commission could accomplishIn the District as long as the valua¬tions of several of the largest cor¬porations are Involved In litigation,In the opinion of Engineer Commis¬sioner Keller, who is also chairmanof the utilities commission.

Col. Keller voiced this belief todaywhen asked for an expression on theproposal suggested to Congress thata utilities commission be created, notcomposed of the Board of Commis¬sioners.The chairman said the only

thing which he sees could be doneby a new commission that has notalready been done would be tochange the policy of a uniform rateof fare for both street car com¬panies by giving each company therate it would need to earn a rea¬sonable return.

Duties Do Sot Interfere.The colonel Indicated that he does

not believe the duty of serving onthe utilities commission unduly bur¬dens the Distrlift Commissioners. Fora short period of the year when ratescome up for revision the Commis¬sioners are kept busy serving in thedual capacity.But during the balance of the

twelve months, it was pointed out atthe District building today, a sepa-rate utilities commission composedof three men would flml little tooccupy its time.Except during the short Intervals

when rates are under revision, themeetings of the utilities commissionconsist principally of locating car

stop signs, approving applications forjitneys and similar routine matters.Officials also called attention to the

fact that the utilities commissionprobably has passed through thebusiest period of Its career. Theenormous task of valuing the prop¬erties of the companies has beencompleted, and, as the country gradu-ally returns to normal conditionsrate cases will not have to be heardso often as they were during andsince fits war.

Car Rate Lonf Uuekanged.Before the war. Col. Keller pointed

out, when the nation's equilibrium wasnot upset, the street car rate of sixtickets for 26 cents remained unchangedfor many years. Nor did other utilitiesneed changing rates.As the country settles back to a

pre-war basis the utilities also willbecome stabilised and require less at¬tention from tie utilities board. It Isbelieved. . .

Commissioner Rudolph, who was serv¬ing his first term nine years ago whenthe utilities law wd being draftedbelieved 'then that the utilities boardshould be composed of others than theDistrict commission. He has reiteratedthat view since t

returning to offlce.

BANDITS TAKE |9,000.EDOEfWATER,'N. J. March IS.

Three armed bandits today stole about99,000 from the paymaster of Kellogg,Spencer 4 Sons, and escaped in an* dt omobila. j.t~4

NEW STREET PAVINGTO STARTMONDAY

Spring Periqd of Improve¬ment Projects About to Be¬gin.Repairs to Be Made.The DistHct engineer department

will begin jts spring period of streetpaving and repair work Monday. Maj.K. S. Benson, assistant engineer com¬

missioner. stated today.On that day the Cranford Paving

Company expects to begin on fourimportant resurfacing jobs, as fol-lows:Connecticut avenue and Columbia

j road, east side, from Florida avenueto California street.C street southeast, from 2d to 3d

streets.A street northeast from Uh to 3th

streets.The Commissioners also have ordered

the resurfacing of the followingstreets before the expiration of thecurrent fiscal year In June:Northwest.Seventeenth street from

Massachusetts avenue to p street.19.500, laih street, Massachusetts ave¬nue to P street, $2,400; E street. 10thto nth street, $2.iu0; Massachusettsavenue, 38th street to Duponi Circle$9,000; Massachusetts avenue. 22dstreet to Sheridan Circle. $7,200: Kstreet. Massachusetts avenue to 20thstreet. J10.S00.Northeast.Ninth street. Massachu¬

setts avenue to Maryland avenue.$23,000.Southeast.Canal street. South Capi¬

tol to E street, $2,000; D street, northside, from 2d to 3d streets, and NorthCarolina avenue, 3d street to Pennsyl¬vania avenue.Other streets have been recommend¬

ed to the Commissioners for resurfac¬ing and probably will be ordered soon.In addition to these resurfacing

Jobs, the engineer department willhave its regular minor repair gangsat work during the spring patchingthe bad spots In existing streets.

SCORES FLEE RENO HOTELLargest Hotel Destroyed by Fire.

Firemen Rescue Many.RENO, Nev.. March IB..Scores of

guests escaped from upper windowsin their nightclothes when the River¬side Hotel, the largest hotel here,was destroyed by fire early thismorning.At 5 o'clock the building still was

a furnace, and the ruins could not besearched, but a check was started tolearn if any guests were missing. Noserious Injuries were reported.The fire, believed to have started In

the engine room, broke out shortlyafter 2 o'clock. The flames spreadupward quickly and the guests,aroused by the smoke, found thestairways cut off. Most of themwere rescued by firemen with ladders.The firemen prevented the flames

from spreading to other buildings,but could not save the hotel.Several thrilling rescues were re¬

ported. among them that of two chil¬dren from a blazing room. The scan¬tily clad guests were cared for insurrounding houses. A mild nightsaved them much Buffering from ex-posure.

NON-PARTISAN BLOCIN U. S. CITIZENSHIP

URGED BY McADOOLOS ANGELES, Calif., March

15..What he termed the "Intol¬erant partisan basis on whichour government functions" was

deprecated in the first speech de¬livered here by William G. Mc-Adoo, former Secretary of theTreasury and director general ofrailroads, since he came to LosAngeles to make his home.

In a speech before the City Clubhe declared all matters taken be¬fore Congress or other legislativebodies were settled upon politicalbases, often much to the detri¬ment of the purposes."What we should have in the

United States," he said, "is a

large body of intelligent citizens,who fi.re not affiliated with anyparty and who could hold thebalance of power. Such citizenswould be Americans first andtheir check on the* big partieswould be most valuable."

HAMMERSMEET OPERATORS;STRIKEPREDICTED

19 Demands of Men to BePresented and Answer

Made on Friday.By th» Associated Press.SPMKGFIELD, III.. March 15,.

Disapproval of the appointment ofa governmental commission to ef¬fect a settlement of the threatenedcoal strike, April 1. lvu evorcNKcdIn a telegram sent Secretary ofLabor Davis by President l'rniikFarrlncton of the Illinois MineWorker* at noon today.NEW YORK, March 15.Anthracite

miners and operators were preparedtoday to begin negotiations for a new

wage agreement to take the place ofthe two-year contract which expiresat the end of this month. A largenumber of operators arrived to par¬ticipate in the first Joint conferencethis afternoon. A majority of therepresentatives of the miners com¬

prising the scale committee have beenin the city several days conferring,the, last to arrive being PresidentJohn L. Lewis of the internationalorganization of the United MineWorkers.The nineteen demands of the

miners, formulated at their .conven¬tion in Shainokln, Pa., in Januaryand ratified by the international con¬vention at Indianapolis Wat month,are to bs formally presented to thecoal operators and explained in detaill»y officers of the union'. The opera¬tors are expected to immediately takethem under consideration and make astatement of their position on Friday.Tim miners arc asking for & 20 per

cent increase on contract rates,among other things, while the minewith other things, while the minefleer ease below the present workingbasis.

\o Referendum Taken.It is not cxpected that an agree-

ment will be reached before the endof the month, and in that event thescale committee of the hard coalworkers is under instructions of theSbamokin convention to order a sus¬

pension of mining until a satisfac¬tory agreement is in sight. A reler-endum on the question of suspensionwas not taken in the anthracite fields,the action of the convention havingexpressed wishes of the men. Thenational policy committee of the mineworkers has the power to set asidea suspension, if it sees fit, but, ac¬cording to union leaders here, sncliaction is not likely. It is the opinionof miners and many of the operatorsthat a suspension in the hard coalfields of Pennsylvania is certain. Ifit comes, it is expected there will bea complete cessation of production,as on two former occasions when nego¬tiations were dragged ever many weeks.A shortage of anthracite coal Is

not anticipated unless the expectedsuspension should run into the summer,which is not looked for by the miners.The demand for coal during the win¬ter was below jiormal, due to mildweather and high prices, but despitethis the anthracite mines have beenkept steadily at work, in contrast tothose in the bituminous fields, andthere is a fair supply of coa! on hand,both in the big storage yards of themining companies and In the largerretail yards of the east, It was said.

Will Realst Any Cat.The miners enter the Joint confer¬

ence determined, they said, to resistwith all their power any effort to re¬duce their present wage scale as in¬dicated by the operators. "There mustbe no backward step," PresidentLewis has said, and the miners havedeclared themselves as unanimous insupporting him.Beyond the general statement, that

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I SEPARATE ROOM FOR JURY WOMEN\ SAID TO LEAD TO MORE MISTRIALSSpecial Dispatch te The Star.LOS ANGELES, March 15..The

"mixed jury" Is having a crucial testhere. Nine men and three women areabout to decide the fate of MadalynneObenchaln, charged with the murderof her sweetheart, J. Belton Kennedy.It Is the first time so far as knownthat women have sat upon a juryin judgment of another woman stand¬ing In the shadow of a death sen¬tence.Should the women on the ObenchalB

jury bring about a mistrial, as womei

already have dona in so many crimi¬nal cases in California during thelast three years, it la extremelydoubtful whether mixed juries longeican be employed where a capita?crime is the issue. ;If California's experience counts fot

anything it may be stated that..thecommunities which believe they havesolved the "housing problem"'" formlxld juries by segregating the met

and the women, are doomed to disap¬pointment.It has been found here that with

the men and women separated in dif¬ferent apartments the men at timesreach one decision and the womenarrive at another. When the jurygets together again the differencesare irreconcilable and * mistrial re-suits. ....

Already there has been a mistrial In

the case in which Mrs. Obenchain isconcerned today. Arthur Burcli wasindicted jointly with her /or the mur¬der of Kennedy, but demanded a sep¬arate trial. Women predominated onthe Jury, which was locked up formany weary hours, men and womenseparately, but without avail. Thebreach was found to be widened whenthe full jury met. There was nothingto do but dismiss the jury after avery expensive and hard-fought trial.On the segregation phase of the

mixed jury problem the Californialegislature has done its part, even tothe pink of propriety. In 1919, whenwomeh -Jvere first made eligible forJury duty, the lawmakers directedeach county should provide "a roomfor the feminine members of the jurywhich shall be separate and apartfrom the room provided for the malemembers."

Rooms Lock Iaslde.This provision has been lived up to

In the state in letter and spirit tn^hedeliberations of* all mixed Juries. Inthe courtroom here where the mostImportant criminal cases are heardthere Is a room for the deliberationsof the jurors and a stairway leadingto two separate apartments above,one for women and one for men. withcots for sleeping. These dormitoriesare arranged so they can be lockedfrom the Inside. Juries taken to hotelsfor the night are quartered two in aroom as a rule, with a bailiff onguard in the hall.

Presiding Judge Frank R. Willis of.ggutluued on Safe 3. Column S.i '

SENATE 10 SHELVEHOUSE BONUS BILLFOR THISSESSION

Senior Body Expected toHeed Economic Warning of

Secretary Mellon.

PRESIDENT WOULD VETOMEASURE AS IT STANDS

Representatives Consider FallElections and Pass on Be-

sponsibility for Issue.BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The House will pass a bonus bill andthe Senate will shelve It for this ses¬sion at least.That Is the outlook now that the

House ways arjd means committerhas received and Ignored the advICiof »he Secretary of the Treasury. the«.i-n tro'lur of the currency and thegovernor of the Federal ReserveBoard to the effect that the bonusbill in the form proposed would bea bad thing for the economic condi¬tion of the country.It does not happen often that a

committee so important as the waysand means summons a Secretary ofthe Treasury of its own political af¬filiation and after listening to his ex¬position of the Treasury's conditiongoes ahead in exactly the oppositedirection.

It do«"S not happen often that a repu¬diation of the Secretary of the Treasuryis voiced by a whole body in Congress,but that is what is coming now. In a

parliamentary form of government itwould mean the resignation of Mr.Mellon, but the House of Representa¬tives has passed many a bill that diedin the Senate, and resignations neverare in order here unless the Presi¬dent himself fails to Etand by a cab¬inet officer. In this instance, thePresident is squarely behind Mr. Mel¬lon. and if the Senate should followthe House a veto is certain for thebonus bill.

Maneuver for Delay.But the Senate will not ignore Mr.

Mellon's advice. Over in the cloak¬rooms of the upper house the word"bonus" i« rarely spoken. It hangsover the Senate like Impending doom.Just how the senior body will handlethe question is not yet determined,but a tacit understanding seems toprevail that by one parliamentarymaneuver or another something willdelay passage of the bonua.It was the Senate, which laat sum-

raer blocked the bonus bill, and prob¬ably upon more words of warningfrom the White House the measur*will be set aside until the finances ofthe government are in better condi¬tion. As for the issue itself, it is ex¬pected to bob up again in 1324 whenthe next presidential primaries areunder way. By that time, however,some republican leaders hope to re-vise the entire revenue program andlo make special provision for a fundto pa;- the bonus. This revision willbe attempted by means of a sales tax.which Mr. Harding now openly favorsfor the soldier bonus. This commit¬ment to the principle of the sales taxcoipes at a time when revenue law*are not being revised, but. Just thesame, it has brought deep satistactioiito the proponents of such tax whowould have been greatly assisted afew months ago when they tried toBet a presidential declaration on thesubject to help them substitute asales tax for all the other kinds oftaxes which finally found their wayinto the 1921 revenue law.

Fordney Shuns Advice.

There is a significant bit of infor¬mation, incidentally, in the statementof Representative Fordney. chairmanof the House ways and means com¬

mittee. that he did not expect SpeakerGillett, who is now in Florida withthe Chief Executive, to bring back aninformal nivssage to the House on thebunus question. Mr. Fordney knowsthe President's views, and would pre-fer not to have them at this time.He could have had them when bevisited Mr. Harding just before thelatter left for Florida. The Presidenttold callers afterward that the bonuaquestion was discussed only inci¬dentally, and that he did not outlinehis views to Sir. Fordney becausethey were already well known.This incident, together with Mr.

Fordney's declaration that he is notexpecting word from the President,is generally taken to mean that thechairman of the House ways andmeans committee believed it impor¬tant for the success of the republicanparty this fall to go ahead and passa bonus bill In the House, where 435members of both parties are up forre-election.Too strong opposition from the

President might hinder the passageof the bonus bill in the House andspoil the record of the party there,at least, where it is ever so muchmore Important than in the Senate,where only one-third of the member¬ship changes in the fall elections,and of that number certain mem¬bers will be re-elected irrespectiveof how they vote on the bonus ques¬tion. The politics of the situationIs to permit the House to expressitself and thereby place upon theSenate and the executive the re¬sponsibility for postponement of thecash bonus.

(Copyright, 1#22.)

PLAN FOR PROCEDURE.

House Democrats Expected to

, Cause Some Trouble.Speaker Gillett. before his depar¬

ture for Florida with President Hard¬ing. told Chairman Fordney not to de¬pend entirely upon a suspension ofthe rules as a means of getting til*bonus bill before the House.This was disclosed today by Mr.

Fordney after his attention had been^called to the dispatches from PalmBeach. Mr. Kordney explained thatthe bill could be taken UP Tuesday orlater under a special rule, and addedthat he was not opposed to full and-free discussion on the floor.

"I am willing that the sunlightbe turned on the bill," said the Mich¬igan member, who will direct ltacourse in the House. "I recall thatwe put the first bonus bill throughunder a suspension of the rule* andthat there was not a ripple on thewater about it."

Prepare tor Delay.There Is a growing sentiment

atnoug the republican members inthe House against having the billcome up under suspension of the.rules. Several of <he ruiogrlsed par¬liamentary authorUiCH or. iho repub¬lican Side are preparing themselvesto delay any action upon ths *"""tA

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